GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- As Julia Montanez watched her son be taken from a Kent County courtroom to begin a multi-year prison stint, she shared her hope that he would come home safely and not be changed negatively through the experience.

And she said she hoped her son would come home "as a man."

Kent County Circuit Court Judge Donald Johnston shared some of the same wishes for positive change on Tuesday as he spoke of Devaun Archie's criminal record, which began when he was a juvenile.

Another offense will be added to that record as Archie Tuesday was sent to prison for taking part in a March home invasion on Foster Avenue NE. Police said a homeowner there was assaulted as three men broke in and stole medical marijuana, along with cash and a gun.

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Archie was sentenced to six to 60 years in prison for armed robbery and five to 20 years for first-degree home invasion for that crime. The sentences will be served concurrently. Archie will be credited for 183 days he already spent behind bars.

"I take full responsibility for what I did," he told Johnston. "I know what I did was wrong."

Archie's sentence came minutes after a co-defendent, Raheem Gant, learned he would spend as many as 60 years behind bars for the same charges and a probation violation.

A third man involved, Christopher Hopkins, in June pleaded guilty to first-degree home invasion and armed robbery. He remains lodged in the Kent County Jail pending sentencing.